Incidental Finding of Testicular Seminoma by 18F-Choline PET/CT in a Prostate Cancer Patient. (12th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Calabrò, Anna; Bosio, Giovanni; Drera, Emma; Giubbini, Raffaele; Bertagna, Francesco
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 47:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: e249
• Page End: e251
• Publication Date: 2022-03-12
• Subjects: seminoma -- 18F-choline -- PET/CT -- prostate; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003988
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract: An 80-year-old man with a history of prostate cancer, treated with radical prostatectomy and bilateral obturator nodal dissection, underwent an 18 F-choline PET/CT because of biochemical recurrence. The scan revealed an intense focal uptake in the right testicle. A subsequent orchifunicumlectomy demonstrated the presence of a classic seminoma. At present, 18 F-FDG PET/CT is useful for initial staging of testicular cancer and determining the viability of residual masses >3 cm after completion of treatment, especially in patients with seminoma.